Six years ago Matt Casey brought one songwriter to perform and do a workshop on the Vineyard. This weekend he is bringing more than 15 musicians and songwriters to the Island as part of his New...

Sarah Nelson grew up on the Vineyard and in high school worked for artist Steve Lohman as a studio assistant. Mr. Lohman has a long history on the Island, but also spends much of his time in New...

Peace in the Valley, Isaac Taylor’s first album, has 11 songs — nine originals and two covers. One cover is a Woody Guthrie tune, the other a seldom heard Bob Dylan song called The Death...

Next week there will be two benefit screenings at the Film Center in Vineyard Haven of the live stage performance of Falsettos. James Lapine, one of the creators of the play and a long time seasonal...

On Monday, I Am Jane Doe will open Documentary Week at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. The film is a harrowing look at the sex trafficking industry, in particular with young girls in the...

When Brad Silberling was 11 years old his father, a television executive in Los Angeles, dropped him off at a movie theatre on his way to work. The year was 1975 and the movie was Jaws. It changed...

At 9 a.m. Saturday morning Jay Napior arrived at Penn Field for the Little League championships, wearing a Mets T-shirt and hat. Six hours later Jay walked to his car and did a wardrobe change,...

The Martha's Vineyard Playhouse continues its Monday Night Specials on June 19 with a reading of Gene Play, written by Casey Ann Hayward and Jonah Lipsky, and directed by Joann Green Breuer. As...

An editor of a national newspaper called me recently to see if I would be interested in writing a piece for them about summer on the Vineyard from a local’s perspective. “You know, like...

How much does a life’s work weigh? In the case of Peter Simon, seven pounds, two ounces. That’s how much his new book Martha’s Vineyard: To Everything There Is a Season weighs. To...